Drop Dead Gorgeous
Research into the death of two young boys by poisoning, caused our volunteers to explore the use...
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Lieutenant Sidney Smith (1886-1915)
Service No: 12651 – 13th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Sidney Smith was born in Charlton the eldest of two children born to electrical engineer William and his wife Marion. By 1911 the family was living at The...
Read MoreA Family At War
Herbert Rushton 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 1889-1915 Rushton Family – sourced from research undertaken by Castle Bromwich Youth & Community Partnership as part of their “Stories Behind the...
Read MoreCharles Henry Stone (1887-1915)
Service No: 12025 – Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion Charles Henry Stone was born in Dudley in 1887 To James Henry Stone and Eliza Cotton. By the age of 14 he was working as a railway engine cleaner, but by the age of 24...
Read MorePrivate John Thomas Rowley (1897-1915)
Service No: 16757Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion John Thomas Rowley was one of 12 children born to railway plate layer Henry King and his wife, Elizabeth. The birth places of the children show the family moved from Brewood...
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